Nehemiah 10

Book of Nehemiah ~ Chapter 10: HE Metroplitan Youssef
HE Metropolitan Youssef ~ عظات نيافة الانبا يوسف · Book of Nehemiah ~ Chapter 10 (Arabic - عربي) 

   

 Nehemiah 9:38 (last verse of chapter 9) 

 “And because of all this, We make a sure  covenant  and write  it; Our leaders, our Levites,  and  our priests seal  it. ” 

   

 Verse 1-29: 

 We have entered into a Covenant with God which was sealed not by signatures and a document, but by the Blood of Christ: "Take drink, this is my Blood of the New Covenant" 

 A contract is signed by men and can be annulled... but a covenant cannot. 

 "all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God" 

 We are different and separated from the rest of the world. 

 "Separate for me Barnabas and Paul" means Consecrate them to Me 

 To make holy 

 

 There are levels of consecration 

 All Christians are one level of consecration 

 He who consecrates himself to monasticism is another level of consecration 

 He who consecrates himself to a life of service as a consecrated servant is another level of consecration 

 He who consecrates himself to the priesthood is another level of consecration 

 

 They entered into the oath to walk in God's Law which was nothing new, but a renewal for them 

 The seven ordinances and statutes: 

 We would not give our daughters as wives to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;